LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1383, 6 January 1873, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Yam Creek telegrams report the claims there as very rich. The London telegrams have averaged 155 wpekly for the last five weeks, Victoria contributing 87. H. MS. Blanche has left Sydney on a cruise. She visits the Auckland Islands, and then proceeds to Hobart Town. Two children missing several days from Newcastle have been found drowned in the harbor. Conipagnoni, the well-known Sydney caterer, died suddenly in an apoplectic fife. Another rich vein has been struck in Krohman's claim. The steamer Governor Blackall has completed the fastest passage from R->ck-hamoton- to Sydney, having averaged nearly 14 knots. Two garotte robberies occurred in Hyde Park, Sydney, in one night, on . Saturday. The Prince of Wales Opera House, Sydney, is to be rebuilt immediately, and is likely to be re-opened about August next. The Wolvereue, for Melbourne, was dismasted near Wilson's Promontory during a heavy gale, and put into Twofold Bay. A disastrous fire occurred at Stockyard Creek, which completely destroyed Snell's bakery, Dawsou's All Nations Hotel, and Winchester's boarding-house. At the new rush at Stockyard Creek, unless an active warden be sent at once, serious consequences are likely to ensue. The auriferous country is more extensive than at first thought. A telegram from River Catherine, states that the surveys about the Roper are nearly completed. The natives were getting troublesome, and had killed two horses. A young man named Thomas Moore was instantaneously killed in the Hack. HurcLe Race on the course at Bainsdale. The horse fell on him and broke his neck, at the third hurdle. A rumor is current that Mr Hall's tender for the Californian mail service is the lowest, and the A.S.N. Company's next. Hill, it is stated, is supported by a large firm in the E tstern trade. A discovery of extraordinary richness has been made at Moonta mines, where there is an abundance of malleable copper aud diamond oxide in considerable quant ties. News has been receive 1 that the action of the war steamers in enforcing the Imperial act with respect to Polynesians, has stopped pearl fishing in Torres Straits, and that several vessels are returning home. Preparations are being'made at Sydney for the reception of the delegates at the Intercolonial Conference to be held here on 13th January. The Treasurer haa given up Ins chief room, winch is being I redecorated aud handsomely furnished. A sudden flood occurred at Inverell, which submerged the town, and c-im-pelled the inhabitants to take refuge on the hills at the rear* The crops were swept away, and great damage occasioned to the tradespeople. A melancholy fatal accident occnrred in the Botanical Reserve, Melbourne, during the festivities of Boxing Day. Walter John Stephenson, a boy of seven, son of a fireman living at Emerald Hill, went to a Sunday school feast in the Reserve, and fell into a *ank from the mouth of which he had removed some boards and was drowned. ! Last night; William Wyatt, son of the chief inspector of schools, Adelaide, was murdered at Burnside by James Shape. J' Wyatt went to Shape's house to speak about some work, when Shape ordered him out. He took no notice, when the prisoner went outside and obtainnd a mattack, with which he brained Wyatfc. Death was instantaneous. Shape was drunk at the time. At the inquest a verdict of " unpremeditated murder " was returned, and the prisoner was committed for trial. During a Bqnall, three schoolmasters, naaied Macafee and two brothers Smylie, who were out in a flat-bottomed boat on Lake Colac, were upset about a mile from the shore. The S nylies, who were excellent swimmers,' placed Macafee on the boat, undressed themselves, and tried to push tho boat aahorc. : They got within

300 yards of the Bhore, when they became I exhausted, lei go the boat, and sank. Vlacafee was rescued iv an exhausted condition. A search was made for the bodies, but they have not yet been bund. A cricket match which is likely to attract a considerable number of spectators is shortly to be played on the Melbourne ground. The players who will take . part in it are all members bfr the theatrical profession, and they will appear in the cricket field in the costumes which they ordinarily,Hssume only on the boards of a theatre. Thirty-three are to play. For some days it has been a mystery to the public how three elevens could be at work at the same time, for such a thing as treble wicket has not yet been heard of : but the elevens are to bat and field in rotatiou. When the ball is hit about tragically it will be fielded comically, and the best efforts of men like Falstaff, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Me Wwtle will be burlesqued by the clown and pantaloon, and the harlequin with his wand will signal to them the time to retire into safety, when any serious attempt is made to repress their eccentricities. A fire occurred in Bourke street, Melbourne, at about 10 minutes past midnight of Saturday week, which at one time looked, as if it would result in a serious conflagration. The fire broke out on the premises at 29 B uirke street east, next door to Messrs Buckley and Nuin, drapers, occupied by A. Weiser, boot and shoe dealer, and was observed from the Melbourne b-igade tower, and almost I simultaneously telegraphed to the brigade office by the watch nan at the Post Office, this beins» the first instance in which the telegraphic wires fr<im the Post Office to the brigade office, lai I on within the l*st few weeks for tire alarm purposes, have been utilised. The brigade quickly reached the spot, and in a short time succeeded in extinguishing the flame*, though not till the back portion of WeUer's shop had been yutred, and a portion uf the roof had bean burnt. Weiser's stock and fixtures were insured for LI3OO in the Imperial Company, and Liverpool, Lon>inn, and Globe Company. Tne origin of the fire is not knowu. A brave rescue from di owning by a young lady is related by the South Australian Register: — " At Wentworth, Wm. Stewart, aged 15, who has been living with Mr Kerridge, got leave to bathe, and in company with John E^ge, also a lad, went a short distance from the house to a spot where there is a small shallow inlet from the river, and while in the water Stewart said to his companion, "Leo's how. l can swim,' but he not beiug able to do so, the current carried him into deep water, where he immediately sank. The other boy, being also nnable to swim, became alarmed, and called to Mrs ami Miss Mary Kerridge, who were about 100 yards distant. The young woman ran as fast as sho could, plunged into the river with all her clothes on, and caught the lad by the hand as he rose the third time. The current being strong, she had some difficulty in swimming with one. hand against it and bringing the youth to the bank. The boy was quite insensible when rescued, but recovered consciousness afterwards. . At the spot where Stewart was recovered the Darling was 7ft 3in deep, and not far off quite double that depth, while the stream was running swiftly and strong."